AMID the protracted battle between Panay Electric Co. (PECO) and More Electric Power Corp. (MORE) over power distribution in Iloilo City, consumer group i-Konsumidor on June 13 filed a Complaint in Intervention before Regional Trial Court Branch 37 in Iloilo City. “In effect, we are informing the court of our petition which is a pending resolution sa ERC because of the fact that this an expropriation case and we believe that PECO should settle this because number one they don’t have franchise,” i-Konsumidor executive director Ted Aldwin E. Ong said. “The transition provision was embodied in RA 11212. Based on the provision, ERC should settle refundable amounts due to consumers of PECO. We want the ERC to act on it because we are estimating that the amount due to the consumers is much bigger compared to the amount being discussed on the expropriation case,” he added. “It has become incumbent on us to take a critical step in order to inform the court that PECO has outstanding liabilities to its consumers which require a priority for settlement considering the filing of a case for expropriation of its assets by MORE Power.” — Emme Rose Santiagudo

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